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EPL: Why I Took Gyokeres Off at Half Time Against Burnley

Gyökeres scored the opener but was substituted at half-time due to a muscular injury requiring medical checks, as confirmed by Arteta after Arsenal’s 2-0 win.

Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has explained why he took Viktor Gyökeres off at half-time during their 2–0 win at Burnley on Saturday. Gyökeres, who was rested for the Carabao Cup tie against Brighton in midweek, was replaced at the start of the second half by Mikel Merino. The Swedish striker opened the scoring at Turf Moor with a header and was having a highly influential game. However, Arteta has now revealed that he picked up “something musc…

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Viktor Gyökeres is going from strength to strength – and now he's netting too. His first league goal in six weeks came at Turf Moor where the winning machine Arsenal scored 2-0 at Burnley. By half-time, Gyökeres had already played his game for the day.

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